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Encyclopedia ID 654

Burn-out

Also known as El Quemado · dodgeball

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Players try to hit opponents with a ball while others dodge; now also organised as a sport.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Cuba.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: Caribbean.

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